Detectives are investigating a string of home burglaries in Pierre Part.
Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack says the break ins happened at 4 houses on the 1000 block of Bayou Drive between October 25 and December 18, 2014.

Sheriff Mike Waguespack reports that on Friday, December 19th, 2014 at approximately 5:40am Assumption Parish Dispatch received a call stating that Danny Ray Reding, W/M, age 49 of 161 Elaine Street, had a gun and locked himself in the bedroom

A registered sex offender living in New Orleans has been put behind bars after Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell’s Cyber Crime Unit uncovered the man had molested a young child and committed a multitude of other sex crimes.

Authorities are now investigating an overnight shooting that killed a 22-year-old man.
Don Coppola, a police spokesperson, says detectives found the body of Christian Allen in the 2600 block of Citadel Drive.